Singapore slips to No 7 in global innovation; Switzerland is tops for 7th straight year
Nisha Ramchandani
Singapore
SINGAPORE slipped one spot to seventh in this year's global ranking of the world's most innovative countries, but emerged top among its peers in South-east Asia.
In this year's Global Innovation Index, Switzerland kept its No 1 place for the seventh year in a row; Sweden, the Netherlands, the US and the UK rounded off the top five. All but one of the top 25 spots were taken by high-income economies; in 22nd place, China was the exception as an upper-middle-income economy.
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